James Kim is missing

[UPDATE 5: HOLY CRAP, they found Kati and the kids!!! James went off two days ago looking for help! Fingers super duper crossed! (News.com)]

[Update 4: Please check out the page that some of their family made for them at JamesandKati.com.]

[Update 3: "Following confirmed sightings last Saturday night of missing CNET editor James Kim and his family at a Denny's restaurant in Roseburg, Ore., search efforts are shifting north to Douglas County, Oregon police said Saturday morning.

The Denny's sighting in Roseberg at about 8 p.m. on November 25 was corroborated by eyewitnesses and a credit card statement. Lt. Dennis Dinsmore, of the Curry County Sheriffs' Department, "no indication in any way that they ever reached" his county." (News.com)]

[Update 2: "Federal and state law enforcement officials are combing remote roads off Oregon's Highway 38 and Interstate 5 in search of missing CNET senior editor James Kim and his family, police said Friday." (News.com)]

[Update: If you want the latest information on this, please check out CNET's Crave blog entry about it (We'll be updating it when we have information). Also scroll down to the bottom of this entry if you want to read additional blog and MSM coverage of this. Thank you for your support.]

[Video added (thanks Veronica)]:

One of my co-workers is missing, as well as his wife and two kids. He is James Kim, former TechTV personality and current CNET editor for digital audio. He and his family were last seen on Saturday in Portland, Oregon. He was supposed to show up at work on Tuesday, but no one has seen him or his family since Saturday.

I work in the same team as James (we’re both in the Mobile team), and needless to say, I’m worried as all hell. If anybody has ANY NEWS at all about his or his family’s whereabouts, please contact the SFPD. The following is from the official investigation of the SFPD:

Missing Family Includes: James, Kati, Penelope (age 4.5) and Sabine (6 months). Last name is Kim

Overview: The Kim Family left San Francisco on November 17th on a road trip to the Pacific Northwest. They had thanksgiving in Seattle with family and then drove to Portland. They were last seen by their friends in Portland who they had brunch with on Saturday, November 25. According to their friends, their plans were to drive out to the town of Gold Beach on the Oregon Coast and then make their way back to San Francisco. James was expected back at work on Tuesday, November 28th. When no one had heard from him by Wednesday morning employees at the Kims’ two stores and his colleagues at CNET began to make phone calls to his family and friends to inquire of his whereabouts. Presently, the SFPD is investigating the case.

If you know anything about James’ whereabouts, you can contact the SFPD by calling 415-558-5508 during normal business hours and 415-553-1071 after hours. More information on media coverage after the jump.

PS. I’m making this public since I saw Leo Laporte post about it and this story will probably be on local news stations anyway.

PPS. I’m going to link to some coverage of this if I can.
1) Here’s Tom Merritt’s blog entry about it.
2) Leo posted the same thing that was on his Vox on his TWiT blog.
3) Chris Pirillo posted about it too.
4) Crave posted it as well as News.com.
5) Veronica too.
6) Engadget as well.
7) Tom posted it on the Buzz Out Loud forums
It’s on Digg.
9) Official SFPD flyer. Their car was a 2005 silver Saab station wagon with the license plate “DOESF”.
10) I posted about it on Metblogs SF. Alex Williams from Portland also posted about it on Metblogs Portland.
11) KGW, Northwest News Channel 8 (a local Pacific Northwest news station), published a story about it.
12) The Statesman Journal of Salem, Oregon, has a story about it too.
13) The San Francisco Chronicle picked it up.
14) NBC 11 / KNTV, the Bay Area’s NBC affiliate, has video and a story on it.
15) It’s on Dvorak’s blog.
16) Thank you SFist!
17) Gizmodo picked it up. Thank you Brian!
18) Full-length News.com article.
19) The Oregonian is on board. James’s family has paid for a personal search team in addition to the official ones.
20) KATU, Portland Fox affiliate.
21) KCBS 740AM, Bay Area news radio.
22) KGO, Bay Area ABC affiliate.
23) KTVU, Bay Area Fox affiliate.
24) CNN

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